{"id":7297,"date":"2020-03-06T18:59:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:35:24","slug":"women-in-power-asia-real-estate-summit-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/en\/women-in-power-asia-real-estate-summit-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Influential and inspirational: Women in power shine at the 2019 Asia Real Estate Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>International Women\u2019s Day, we are celebrating the industry leaders who continue to break gender barriers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A woman breaking barriers. pathdoc\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roughly a century ago, women across the globe weren\u2019t allowed to participate in anything outside of the four corners of their homes. We weren\u2019t allowed to vote, inherit a property, apply for a loan, open a bank account, become an accountant or lawyer, and much much<\/em> more.<\/p>\n

Throughout those years, we have had prominent figures who dedicated most of their lives to fight for women\u2019s suffrage, including Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Ida Wells, Frida Kahlo, and Yuri Kochiyama, among others.<\/p>\n

They have paved the way for women of today to enjoy all the benefits that were severely, even sometimes violently, restricted. But this, unfortunately, is an ongoing battle that we still face today.<\/p>\n

That is why at the Asia Real Estate Summit (ARES)<\/a> held last November 2019, we wanted to give some of the most influential and inspirational women leaders of the industry a platform to showcase their successes, their insights, their line of work.<\/p>\n

We were pleased to have 16 female speakers and one female emcee join us at the highly informative two-day event, from having just five female representation at the summit in 2018. These women have shown us that we, too, can be heard in the technology sector where it remains to be mostly male-dominated, according to the Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whereas in the real estate sector, Real Estate Express<\/a> revealed that women have gone up in numbers, but the divide still exists, from being underestimated by their male colleagues to experiencing sexist dress codes to struggling with the gender pay gap. However, with such powerful women still fighting to be heard in their respective industries, all is not lost.<\/p>\n

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Showcasing women in power. ApinBen4289\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The strong female line up at the summit clearly demonstrates just how the real estate sector has fully embraced women in power, enabling them to take the lead in introducing the benefits of connected technology to the industry.<\/p>\n

Among them is the head of agency and performance at Google Thailand Kim Rellinger who shared the importance of finding common ground between the real estate and technology sectors to deliver digital experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvances in digital technology have made it possible for consumers to get information in an instant and make their lives easier. We see opportunities for [real estate] brands to use technology to deliver helpful, yet immersive digital experiences without interrupting their real-world experience,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

The co-founder and director of female-owned and female-focused company BuildHer Collective Rebeka Morgan shared that their brand utilises social media to form a more personalised bond with their target audience, particularly since people, in general, prefer to connect with the person behind the brand.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, head of enterprise product and international service at AIS Asnee Wipatawate focused on 5G, referring to it as an enabler as it will allow businesses to incorporate massive automated deployments, which the networks of today are still lacking in capability.<\/p>\n

Yet, these are just some of the key points these female leaders discussed at the summit.<\/p>\n

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Asia Real Estate Summit 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For International Women\u2019s Day and Women\u2019s History Month, it is our great pleasure to honour these women, along with their valuable contributions to the industry:<\/p>\n

Day 1 speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the panel titled Tech Disruptors: solutions that are transforming the way we build, to the way we live<\/em><\/p>\n